The standard entry for this year’s Kilomathon race from Derby to Nottingham is £45 equal to a whopping £2.76 mile. Although promoted as a London Marathon training race to reduce the fee to £5 you need to fund raise £260, on top of the £1,500 plus many runners are raising to run London. With the popularity of the general public participating in challenging sporting events and the reduction of people giving to charities is this the start of companies seeing runners as an easy target for raising money through sponsorship and increased entry fees.
If you are a triathlete looking for quick way to wear your trainers, a parent of a young child, or just have trouble trying your own laces, Greeper Laces are an amazing new invention that enables the user to loosen and tighten laces with ease and they never come undone! Read our review, and watch our demonstration. Also find out how you can join Triple Ironman World Champion Chrissie Wellington in raising money for the Jane Tomlinson Appeal.
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Summer is finally here, a perfect time to go for a run or jog in the sun. Whether you are new to running to get fit or just enjoying exercising outdoors in this fantastic weather, having a goal to aim for is always great motivation to keep training.
What could be a better goal than to run a 5K for charity?
Photos of some inspirational and fancy dress runners raising money for charities in the Virgin London Marathon 2010.
The Fresh Air Fund, who provides summer vacations for New York City children are looking for runners for the 2010 NYC Half Marathon on 21st March.
Posted on July 11th, 2009 in Running
The Fresh Air Fund, who provides summer vacations for New York City children are looking for runners wanting to run this August’s NYC Half Marathon and host families in north eastern states and Canada willing to share thier homes this summer.
